The Parchment Pathway
Fellowship Program
Give your students an edge against the world.
Parchment provides free digital and on-campus presentations that teach high school students personal finance, college success strategies, fundamental leadership skills, and professional development lessons necessary to succeed in a hyper-competitive environment.
What is Parchment?
The Parchment Pathway Fellowship Program is an online academic initiative carefully crafted to help prepare high school students for long-term success by teaching entrepreneurialism, advanced college success strategies, personal finance, leadership fundamentals, and professional development skills including strategic networking, project planning, and career-research.
Program Services
The Parchment Pathway Fellowship is a year-long program that begins during the Fall Semester and ends during the Spring Semester, and is focused on teaching students professional concepts traditionally learned in university-level fellowship programs and in executive-level workforce environments.
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During the Spring Semester, Parchment Fellows are connected with Career Mentors from industries that the students are interested in pursuing, providing invaluable insight into how to pursue those pathways academically and professionally.
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Throughout the Fall Semester, students are introduced to in-class guest speakers who discuss subjects including: Taking initiative, succeeding in college, strategically networking, behaving professionally, managing personal finances competently, and becoming real leaders.
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During the Fall Semester, volunteers and staff come together to host bi-weekly educational workshops that delve into subjects discussed during guest speaking sessions, digging into important concepts and their real-world applications with written content and assignments.
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During the Spring Semester, while being connected with Career Mentors, Parchment Fellows also work with Parchment volunteers and staff to discuss college and career ambitions and develop comprehensive strategies to excel in the workforce, avoid student debt, and get accepted into dream schools.
“Our goal is to shape builders - students with the skills and confidence to create their own futures and define their own success.”
Program Benefits
Students not only leave the Parchment Pathway Fellowship feeling more prepared for long-term success, but also holding some unique and competitive advantages that are useful when applying for jobs, colleges, and scholarships.
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Students in the Parchment Pathway Fellowship Program are automatically enrolled into the Texas A&M University - Commerce Venture College Lion’s Fellowship Program, providing participants with additional resources for mentorship, professional development, and startup even seed-funds!
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Parchment Fellows who complete the necessary requirements to graduate from the program will receive a displayable certificate that can be noted on college and scholarship applications.
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Parchment Fellows who complete the program get access to the alumni network, becoming connected with fellow students, career mentors, and TILBM-related individuals across Texas, expanding professional opportunities notably.
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In a highly competitive world, Parchment Fellows can put their participation on resumes to highlight their active involvement or alumni status, showing hirers and college admissions staff something truly unique.
“The philosophy of Parchment is simple: Lead-by-example, and only teach what we have done.”
— Cristian Villegas, TILBM Founder
Program Information
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To help foster a student-based community of young professionals who are inspired to take initiative and creatively bolster their own success.
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“Nam Fellowship et Gloriam,” translated to “For Fellowship & Honor”
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Fellowship (Loyalty, Brotherly & Sisterly Love, and Helping One Another)
Honor (Courage, Commitment, Honesty, Humility, and Integrity)
Initiative (Ambition, Planning, Action-Taking, Resilience, Persistence, Reflection)
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Guest Speakers: (6) executive-level guest speakers each fall semester.
1. Necessity of Entrepreneurial Initiative
2. Organizational Professionalism
3. Advanced Strategic Networking
4. Leadership Fundamentals
5. College Success Strategies
6. Personal Finance Fundamentals
Workshops: (8) soft skill workshops each fall and spring semester.
1. Benefits of Entrepreneurship
2. Professional Communications
3. Strategic Networking
4. Resume & Cover Letter-Building
5. Leadership Fundamentals
6. Approaching College & Debt Avoidance
7. Personal Finance Fundamentals
8. Project Management & Partnership Development
Career Mentorship: Each student who requests a career mentor and completes the required workshops and one-on-one coaching is connected with an executive-level career mentor who is relevant to the student’s professional goals.
One-on-One Coaching: Brainstorming sessions to discuss student career and academic goals, professional projects they can develop in the present, and practical pathways to grow connections and gain experience in the immediate present.
Free Certifications: (1) Organizational Leadership and (2) Project Management
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Birdville ISD
Fort Worth ISD
Mansfield ISD
Tarrant County College (TCC)
The University of Texas at Commerce (TAMUC)
The University of North Texas at Dallas (UNTD)
United States Texas Army National Guard
Parchment would be honored to serve your students and help create brighter futures.
TILBM partners with public schools, charter schools, and home school groups across Texas to help enrich the student experience and prepare high schoolers for long-term success as leaders in college and professional careers.
